Relationship between stigma and quality of life in people with pulmonary tuberculosis in East Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: The social experience makes rejection from a society of people with pulmonary tuberculosis depressed and worsens their quality of life. Thus, it should be reducing the social stigma that exists in society, namely improving the pattern of quality of life and good self-perception in patients. The aim of this study was an overview of social stigma and quality of life in people with pulmonary tuberculosis in East Java, Indonesia.